Re: NIC, again

[Rick Pettit <rpettit@speedqueen.core.com>]

On Wed, 1 Mar 2000, Michael Richard wrote:

> For example:
> 
> I have a 3COM 3C905B 10BaseT ISA connected to a cable-modem and it works fine, except that with the generic kernel, it uses ep0 and ep1 (and is in fact ep1) because of a pnp story or something.
> I also have a Intel 10/100BaseTX PCI that serves a 1-computer LAN and do the job well.
> I paid 10$ for the 3COM (used) and 80$ for the Intel (new).  For sure the Intel NIC is a great buy, but considering the price, 3COM is very satisfying, as it doesn't need 100 MBps transfers.
> I also ever had a generic NE2000 card (SMC chipset) that I received with my cable-modem that was just to slow to be used.
> 

I have a 3COM 905B 10/100 card working in a pentium II desktop.  Works
great, uses xl driver.

I also have a LinkSys PCMPC100 10/100 card working in a toshiba satellite
4030CDT laptop.  Works ok, or gets the job done at least.  Always
complains about ring buffer overflows though.  Uses the ne driver.  Large
transfers seem to slow me down with this card also.

Both machines are running OpenBSD 2.6 current as of a couple weeks ago.


							Rick